If there's a bright side in this for any of the Mono people, at least they won't have to live in Provo anymore.

I never agreed with the goals of the Mono project but nevertheless I have a lot of respect for the intelligence and dedication of everybody involved. If they have indeed been let go I offer my condolences and wish them luck.

If this is true and Mono is in the tank and the JVM under uncertain stewardship with Oracle it seems the OSS world might be in need of a new VM.